signed first edition
1940 · New York
by HERRING, Pendleton
New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1940. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards (hardcover); dustjacket; xx, 468pp. Inscribed: "For Hugh / with best regards, Pen," dated 2003. Tight, VG+ copy, with fading to cloth at base of spine; in original pictorial dustwrapper with ca. 3/4" scuff at upper edge of front panel; just VG. Herring, the acclaimed political scientist and long-time Harvard professor, died in 2004 at the age of 100. (Inventory #: 35180)